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Jazz for aficionados

Jazz for aficionados

I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.

Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".

"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.

While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.

Enjoy the music.
orpheus10
pjw81563
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alec re Johnny Griffin 

I have a large selection of his albums including, of course, his "shootouts" with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omR-3SCfjHQ

You can definitely and clearly hear "Lockjaws" husky tone as he takes the first solo and then the sweeter smoother tone of Griffin who takes the second solo.

BTW I do not have the Griffin album you posted. I will search it out.
pjw81563
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O10 That Shango "Drums of Passion" is an outstanding example of a modern day African drum and chant songs recorded in 1960 100 years after the end of the centuries of the cross Atlantic slavery migration. I am going to try and find a copy on CD.

"Shango (Chant to the God of Thunder)" is a track from Drums of Passion, an album released by Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji in 1960. "Shango" is the title of a Hugh Masakele track on his 2016 album No Borders. The song "Que Viva Chango" by Celina y Reutilio refers both to Chango and to Santa Barbara.
orpheus10 OP
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"The spirit of the drum is something that you feel but cannot put your hands on,"

Babatunde Olatunji, had the spirit of his Nigerian ancestors; that says it all; "Drums of Passion " is my favorite.


          https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TVRNWAI/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_8
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frogman
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Short on time so apology for the short response....for now (Alex).  Re players’ tones and descriptions of them, something to keep in mind that may help.
It is impossible to separate tone and its description from how the player initiates the note (the attack) of the note and the inflections of the tone that the player uses.  A fascinating study was done of players’ tones which demonstrated that if several players with very different tones are recorded playing one note and sustaining it, if the the initial attack and end of the sustained note are edited out the different players’ tones become almost indistinguishable from each other.

Eddie Lockjaw plays with an extremely inflected tone. 
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